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Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
- Grapes: min. 90% Sangiovese, max 10% of indigenous red grapes
- From estate-owned grapes only (state bottled), single vineyard or selection of the best grapes
- Min. aging 30 months (of which 3 of bottle refinement)
- Possibility to add the Additional Geographical Unit on the label
- Outstanding organoleptic characteristics
Chianti Classico Riserva
- Grapes: min. 80% Sangiovese, max 20% of authorized red grapes
- Min. aging: 24 months (of which 3 of bottle refinement)
- Type-specific organoleptic characteristics
Chianti Classico Annata
- Grapes: min. 80% Sangiovese, max 20% of authorized red grapes
- Min. aging: 12 months
- Type-specific organoleptic characteristics

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Chianti Classico
Gran Selezione

Gran Selezione, a new type of Chianti Classico, was introduced in 2014. For the first time under Italian wine legislation, a new type of wine has been established at the top of the qualitative pyramid of a denomination. Produced exclusively from the winery’s own grapes, Gran Selezione represents the maximum degree of excellence as an expression of the terroir of each estate.

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Parameters

Below is the table of chemical-physical parameters and organoleptic description

	Chianti Classico Annata	Chianti Classico Riserva	Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Minimum Alcohol Content	12% vol.	12,5% vol.	13% vol.
Minimum maturation	12 months	24 months	30 months
Extract g/l	24 g/l	25 g/l	26 g/l
Minimum total acidity	4,5 g/l	4,5 g/l	4,5 g/l
Characteristics	Fruity, fine, pleasant, well balanced and easy to drink, balanced freshness and maturation.	Fruity with fine integration of oak that must not predominate but accompany and support the wine’s structure, consistency and persistence.	Fruity, spicy, enveloping, where elegance, fineness and balance of the tannins and acidity maintain the characteristics of fusion and of wholeness.

	Chianti Classico Annata
Minimum Alcohol Content	12% vol.
Minimum maturation	12 mesi
Extract g/l	24 g/l
Minimum total acidity	4,5 g/l
Characteristics	Fruity, fine, pleasant, well balanced and easy to drink, balanced freshness and maturation.

	Chianti Classico Riserva
Minimum Alcohol Content	12,5% vol.
Minimum maturation	24 mesi
Extract g/l	25 g/l
Minimum total acidity	4,5 g/l
Characteristics	Fruity with fine integration of oak that must not predominate but accompany and support the wine’s structure, consistency and persistence.

	Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Minimum Alcohol Content	13% vol.
Minimum maturation	30 mesi
Extract g/l	26 g/l
Minimum total acidity	4,5 g/l
Characteristics	Fruity, spicy, enveloping, where elegance, fineness and balance of the tannins and acidity maintain the characteristics of fusion and of wholeness.